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Una de las consecuencias del excesivo uso del patrimonialismo como herramienta de dominación desde el siglo XIX fue la homogeneización y la uniformidad social. Hoy las estrategias giran al reconocimiento de la diversidad en la modernidad neoliberal e intercultural, con una tendencia creciente hacia la patrimonialización de la cultura. Pero al intervenir instituciones y gestores culturales en la declaración patrimonial de prácticas culturales,...
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Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, 'Titanic Lives' is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history. The RMS Titanic was built as one of the world's largest and most luxurious liners. A marine Ritz, it was a 45,000-tonne hotel of thin steel plates, travelling at a speed of 21 knots across the North Atlantic. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage,...
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Si hay un fenómeno de la historia de los Estados Unidos que se ha explotado hasta la saciedad en la cultura popular occidental, este ha sido la conquista del Oeste y el conflicto con las tribus de nativos que lo habitaban, denominado como las Guerras Indias. De una demonización del indio o nativo norteamericano, el péndulo basculó a partir de la década de 1970 a su santificación, y a menudo se echan en falta visiones más ecuánimes, capaces...
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Avec grande partie du monde ayant été en un effondrement précipité au cours des deux dernières décennies et qu'elle continue d'atteindre un nouveau creux chaque année qui passe sans fin en vue, on peut se demander s'il s'agit de la nouvelle normalité ou si la folie en cours finira par prendre fin afin d'inaugurer une aube plus lumineuse. Fortunatement, Mère Nature nous a bénis avec un phénomène jusqu'alors inconnu dénommé le "oqual...
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This is the story of the British involvement with the island of Cyprus over a hundred years. Since World War I, Cyprus has played a key role in British defence strategy. After the withdrawal from Egypt the island became the British Middle East headquarters. Britain retains two sovereign bases on the island, and it has become a favourite with UK tourists. Much of the tale is oral history, told in the words of the people who served the British Crown...
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This book draws on the long and unique heritage of the county of Somerset, bringing to life seventy of the little known but fascinating and unusual aspects of a much-loved area. It tells of body-snatchers and bewitchment; crime and conflict; lepers and lighthouses; songs and words; heroes and villains – this is book is of and for the curious. Its accounts of larger-than-life episodes from Somerset activity, locations and people take the reader on...
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Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fences, no guards, no locked gates. But McLean Hospital is a mental institution-one of the most famous, most elite, and once most luxurious in America. McLean "alumni" include Olmsted himself, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, James Taylor and Ray Charles, as well as (more secretly) other notables from among the...
8) Break Forth
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Lori Paul hadn't asked for much in her fifty-something years except in prayer, "Break my heart for what breaks Yours." Bald eagles, random horseback riders, a Chief, and a marriage dissolving happened before the answer began. Blood cried out from the land and God had not forgotten. Thrust into a supernatural historic expose' and a nation being shaken along with herself, she walked in. Into the Pentagon, alleys and the land itself, He revealed darkness...
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"Fascinating . . . The Social Sex is a paean to companionship. Share it with a bosom friend." -NPR
From historian and acclaimed feminist author of How the French Invented Love and A History of the Wife comes this rich, multifaceted history of the evolution of female friendship
In today's culture, the bonds of female friendship are taken as a given. But only a few centuries ago, the idea of female friendship was completely unacknowledged, even pooh-poohed....
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El mundo sobrenatural forma parte de lo cotidiano por muy racionales y escépticos que pretendamos ser, puesto que no sólo siguen activas creencias y prácticas, sino que forman parte de nuestra cultura y de nuestra historia. "Historia de la hechicería y de las brujas" nos presenta a hechiceros y brujas de todas las latitudes y épocas, pero también de su impacto en las sociedades donde se han manifestado. Aborda el tema desde una doble perspectiva:...
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A vivid, captivating account of the Beatles's musical transformation throughout the pivotal year of 1963, as the world became caught up in the maelstrom of Beatlemania and its far-reaching cultural impact.
The Beatles broke up more than half a century ago, yet millions around the globe are still drawn to the legacy of four lads from Liverpool. From the carefree innocence of "A Hard Day's Night" to the experimental psychedelia of "Lucy In The Sky...
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A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by "resurrection men"
Before his murder in 1831, the "Italian boy" was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among the livestock, hawkers, and con men, begging for pennies. When his body was sold to a London medical college, the suppliers were arrested for murder. Their high-profile trial would unveil...
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Embrace a Journey Through History: Exploring the Evolution of Communication and Information Sharing
Dive into the compelling narrative of "Transmissions Across Time: The Evolution of Information Sharing", a comprehensive exploration into how we have shared and received information across the centuries. This engrossing tale of human evolution will propel you through historical epochs, offering fresh insights into shifts in communication from storytelling...
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